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Cops Arrest 3 People for Running ‘Club Penguin Rewritten’ Beloved by Millions
“CPRewritten is shutting down effective immediately due to a full request by Disney. We have voluntarily given control over the website to the police for them to continue their copyright investigation,” an administrator wrote on Discord.
Court Orders Girls Do Porn Victims Have the Rights to All Their Videos
They now own anything Girls Do Porn and Girls Do Toys took from them, including images, likenesses, videos, and copyrights.
Department of Commerce Says We Need Fewer Repair Restrictions
The NTIA has told the Copyright Office it needs to weaken the DMCA and make it easier for people to fix their own stuff.
Cop Was Instructed to Use Music to Disrupt Filming
Police are playing copyrighted music while being filmed to prevent activists from uploading the video; one in Illinois says he was "advised" to do so.
The ‘Pirate Bay of Science’ Adds 2 Million New Journal Articles
Sci-Hub, a website dedicated to free access of scientific articles, has updated for the first time in a year.
‘WHYYYYYY?’: Police Upset Idiot Colleague Played Taylor Swift to Trigger YouTube Filter
Emails obtained by Motherboard show a police department frustrated by their fellow officers' attempt to thwart being filmed.
Anita Baker Wants Her Masters Back. Getting Them Won't Be Easy
She's relying on a little-known law to reclaim the rights to her old work, but there's a limit to how much it can do for her.
A Detained $70,000 Shipment of Brick Toys Is Tearing the Lego Community Apart
While some accuse Lego of using legal campaigns to choke out competition, others claim the company is legitimately protecting its intellectual property.
Adobe Forces Takedown of Tweet Linking to 27-Year-Old Product
Adobe sent a DMCA takedown request to Twitter for a tweet from 2016 where a security researcher linked to a site that contained a download link for a 1994 version of Acrobat Reader.
It Sure Looks Like This Cop Played Country Music to Avoid Being Filmed
Cops around the country are trying a new “hack”: play copyrighted music to prevent activists from posting video to Instagram or YouTube.
New Video Shows Beverly Hills Cops Playing Beatles to Trigger Instagram Copyright Filter
In at least three cases, Beverly Hills Cops have started playing music seemingly to prevent themselves from being filmed by an activist.
Is This Beverly Hills Cop Playing Sublime’s ‘Santeria’ to Avoid Being Live-Streamed?
Police officers in Beverly Hills have been playing music while being filmed, seemingly in an effort to trigger Instagram’s copyright filters.